The Art of War: Warrior Rules - winning by comparing positions

Sun Tzu saw that success is based on comparisons.  For Sun Tzu, competition means a comparison of opposing positions. Battles are won by positioning before they are fought. Good positions discourage others from attacking you and invite them to support you.  Sun Tzu's system teaches us how to systematically build up our positions to win success in the easiest way possible.

Sun Tzu's book is one of the most valuable works in human history. It is also one of the most difficult to understand. Much of Sun Tzu's writing is based on concepts in traditional Chinese science and philosophy with which modern readers are unfamiliar. Simply reading an English translation of Sun Tzu gives you very little idea of his methods. There are a number of serious barriers that stand in the way of our understanding the text. Much of what it teaches is diametrically opposed to what we think we "know" about competition.

To get you started, we give you an idea what the book covers in this brief summary of its chapters.  We then explain the work's underlying cultural context and roots in Chinese science, especially its methods of diagramming relationships.